1. Basic Concepts 1.1 Ajax Ajax stands for “Asynchronous JavaScript and XML”. At its core it is made up of the JavaScript, XmlHttpRequest, and DOM objects: through the XmlHttpRequest object it sends an asynchronous request to the server, gets data back from the server, and then uses JavaScript to manipulate

1. Introduction to Selenium Selenium is an integration testing tool from Thoughtworks. At its core, Selenium Core is based on JSUnit, written entirely in JavaScript, and can run in any browser that supports JavaScript. 1.1 Main Features and Characteristics Open source and free. Multi-browser support: Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera — usable for compatibility testing.

1. Basic Concepts Continuous Integration Continuous integration emphasizes that once developers commit new code, a build and (unit) test run immediately. From the test results we can determine whether the new code and the existing code integrate correctly. Continuous Delivery Building on continuous integration, continuous delivery deploys the integrated code

1. Introduction Graphviz is an open-source drawing toolkit developed at Bell Labs. It uses a specific DSL (domain-specific language), DOT, as its scripting language. It uses layout engines to parse DOT scripts and complete automatic layout. It supports a rich set of export formats, such as PNG, JPG, PostScript, SVG,

Arachni is a web security vulnerability scanner built on the Ruby on Rails framework. 1. Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails, abbreviated ROR, is a web framework that consists of two parts: the Ruby language and the Rails framework. Ruby had always been popular in Japan, until 2004, when a 26-year-old Dane, David Heinemeier Hansson, proposed the web framework Rails.